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fall rain wind
External heat and cold had little influence on Scrooge. No warmth could warm, no wintry weather chill him. No wind that blew was bitterer than he, no falling snow was more intent upon its purpose, no pelting rain less open to entreaty. Charles Dickens
fall mind excess
Minds, like bodies, will often fall into a pimpled, ill-conditioned state from mere excess of comfort.
fall vanity world
He [the miser] falls down and worships the god of this world, but will have neither its pomps, its vanities nor its pleasures for his trouble. Charles Caleb Colton
fall velocity vacuums
The soundest argument will produce no more conviction in an empty head than the most superficial declamation; as a feather and a guinea fall with equal velocity in a vacuum.
fall errors giving
Power. like the diamond, dazzles the beholder, and also the wearer; it dignifies meanness; it magnifies littleness; to what is contemptible, it gives authority; to what is low, exaltation. To acquire it, appears not more difficult than to be dispossessed of it when acquired, since it enables the holder to shift his own errors on dependents, and to take their merits to himself. But the miracle of losing it vanishes, when we reflect that we are as liable to fall as to rise, by the treachery of others; and that to say "I am" is language that has been appropriated exclusively to God!
fall giving wife
There is no quality of the mind, or of the body, that so instantaneously and irresistibly captivates, as wit. An elegant writer has observed that wit may do very well for a mistress, but that he should prefer reason for a wife. He that deserts the latter, and gives himself up entirely to the guidance of the former, will certainly fall into many pitfalls and quagmires, like him who walks by flashes of lightning, rather than the steady beams of the sun.
fall errors common
Let us not be too prodigal when we are young, nor too parsimonious when we are old. Otherwise we shall fall into the common error of those, who, when they had the power to enjoy, had not the prudence to acquire; and when they had the prudence to acquire, had no longer the power to enjoy.
fall passion world
You fear the world too much,' she answered gently. 'All your other hopes have merged into the hope of being beyond the chance of its sordid reproach. I have seen your nobler aspirations fall off, one by one, until the master passion, Gain, engrosses you. Have I not?
fall scary house
Around and around the house the leaves fall thick, but never fast, for they come circling down with a dead lightness that is sombre and slow.
woods walks
Music’s a wood you walk through. David Mitchell
woods wilderness
Come to the woods, for here is rest. John Muir
woods betrayed guillotine
Sink me! Your taylors have betrayed you! T'wood serve you better to send THEM to Madam Guillotine Baroness Orczy
woods american-education-system secretary
The American education system couldn't be more badly directed or poorly funded if the Secretary of Education were Ed Wood. Dennis Miller
woods way wilderness
The wanting was a wilderness and I had to find my own way out of the woods. Cheryl Strayed
woods fields scripture
What I know of the divine science and holy scripture, I learnt in the woods and fields. Bernard of Clairvaux
woods lord leaving-me
Lord, why did you leave me in these woods? Aleksandar Hemon
woods flood command
The oak, when living, monarch of the wood; The English oak, which, dead, commands the flood. Charles Churchill
woods hello elijah
Hello! I'm Elijah Wood, and i'm a looser! Elijah Wood
furniture generations gas
To your generation, I must represent the literary equivalent of tufted furniture and gas chandeliers. Edith Wharton
furniture enough danish
Furniture manufacturing in plastics requires very costly machinery, which the Danish market is not big enough to justify. Or so they say. But show me a plastics manufacturer who dares to take on the experiment Arne Jacobsen
furniture aging problem
Like a lot of fellows around here, I have a furniture problem. My chest has fallen into my drawers. Billy Casper
furniture learn lines trip
Learn your lines and don't trip over the furniture Spencer Tracy
furniture gets morning next perfect room
If a woman gets insomnia, you never know where you're going to find her furniture the next morning. It's primal. We have so little we can control, but we can perfect the way our room looks. Nicole Holofcener
furniture home influence items pottery similar
Pottery Barn's had a big influence on the furniture industry. We have a lot of similar items that you can take home now and in a lot of cases, better quality. Jeremy Gorman
furniture guard high lawn rivers time
No one should let their guard down. Rivers are at dangerously high levels. It's not the time to go out and put the lawn furniture back up.
furniture goods romance spell store tennis
Furniture doesn't typically spell romance. A sporting goods store is another off-beat destination. I mean, what would you get? A paddle, a tennis racquet?
furniture giving helped list offering people settled
We've even got a list of about 15 people who've helped us out, giving us $20 or offering to give us furniture when we get settled down. We just thought that if we got their information, we could give something back to them once we get straightened out here in Katy. Zachary Smith